Planning for Canada-US Treaty Talks on Line 5 ‘Well Underway,’ Canada Says

Planning for Canada-US Treaty Talks on Line 5 ‘Well Underway,’ Canada Says
In this June 8, 2017, file photo, fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich. Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File
The Canadian Press
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Court documents filed by the federal government say planning is well underway for bilateral talks in the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline.

A proposed motion filed last week in U.S. District Court in Michigan says the first formal negotiating session between the two countries will happen “shortly.”